Beckbridge – sometime scribbler

Random musings, stories, poems, rants and pictures from the hands and heart of a 50 something year old woman.

Musings

  • I Hate it Here

    I hate what they have made the world to beThe rank corruptionAnd not just the monetary kindI mean complete moral, ethical corruptionNecrotic, gangrenous, cancerous putrefactionThe way they have degraded everythingPulled us down to their levelInto the filth where they wallowAll that they touch rotsIt sticks to everything we doThe deformation of normalityOf civilityAt first we…

    I Hate it Here
  • Canary Wharf Gothic

    A little while ago I had a mini obsession with the “XXXX gothic” pieces, and decided to draft one for an area I know well – Canary Wharf in London’s Docklands – an area that has seen significant investment and building, with an influx of business and people. But like most places it has its…

    Canary Wharf Gothic
  • I change my name (and it takes almost as long to change the WP site :)

    So, I changed my name a while back (then changed it again!) and thought it was about time I updated the site to reflect that. Changing your name in real life is a LOT of admin faff, but at least most places have processes in place to allow people to do this. After all, people…

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  • On rewriting

    So, a while ago I had a better idea for the resolution of Displacement, which I could work into the fabric of the novel without too much effort, or more importantly having done major rewrites in the past, disruption to the rest of the narrative.

  • I move to WordPress

    Finally found the time to get my backside in gear and look to move the (if I’m being honest) woefully out of date old site to WordPress.  I’m hoping it’ll be easier (and therefore more likely) for me to actually update the thing… Anyway, new home, new look and feel, and the domain name on…